In Egypt, a piece of Jewish pottery suggests a woman’s role that was stolen from history
Yet I never expected to find a similar prayer formula in an ancient Jewish context halfway across ... written on a pottery ...
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Ancient Egyptian soldiers and Greek mercenaries were at 'Armageddon' when biblical king was killed, study suggests
Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, ...
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Ancient Aramaic inscription finally deciphered reveals Jewish name in the heartland of Judea
An inscribed piece of pottery found in an ancient Jewish stronghold in the Jordan Valley has finally been deciphered. The 2,000-year-old shard was first discovered by archaeologists in the 1980s ...
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Most Ancient Hebrew Biblical Inscription Deciphered (1 of 2) (IMAGE)
A breakthrough in the research of the Hebrew scriptures has shed new light ... University of Haifa has deciphered an inscription on a pottery shard discovered in the Elah valley dating from ...
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Could 1,600-year-old Galilee synagogue rewrite history of Jewish life under the Romans?
New radiocarbon dating at grand Huqoq sanctuary near Tiberias puts its construction after the empire embraced Christianity, ...
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Jewish ritual bath discovered near Rome is the 'oldest discovery of its kind in the world'
Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of ...
Discovery of ritual bath sheds light on Jewish life in ancient Rome
The ruins of an ancient Jewish ritual bath have been found near Rome – the oldest such discovery outside of the biblical region of Israel and the surrounding area.
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2,600-year-old treasure-filled pottery vessel discovered in Karnak,Egypt
The jewelry was found inside a small broken pottery vessel ... small gold amulets—among them a triad statue of the ancient Egyptian gods Amun, Mut, and Khonsu—as well as a metal brooch ...
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Taking up ancient ritual for times of distress, Jews are fasting in response to attack on Israel
“In facing these attacks, which were so deliberately against Jews, it feels powerful to have an ancient Jewish ritual mode of response, and I just feel grateful to have that outlet.” In ...
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The ancient Jewish practice of hakhel, an every-7-years gathering, gets a 21st-century revival
What happens when neither of those exists? (JTA) — Every seven years, in ancient times, Jewish men, women, and children would gather at the Temple on the first day of Sukkot to hear the king of ...
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1,400-year-old Jewish ritual bath unearthed on outskirts of Rome. See the unique ruins
Archaeologists near Rome uncovered an ancient Jewish structure used for ritual washing. Photos show the unique find for Italy. Photo from Ostia Antica Archaeological Park On the outskirts of Rome ...
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Archaeologists Unearth Oldest Jewish Ritual Bath Found in Europe
Instead, the archaeologists — budding and not — last summer uncovered what may be the oldest existing example in the ancient Roman world of a mikvah, a Jewish ritual bath. They have ...